Seventy-one percent of U.S. private-sector employees have access toemployer-based health care benefits this year, and 52% of workers withaccess chose to participate in the plans, according to a report by theU.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kansas City Starreports. The report found that 60% of private industry establishmentsoffered health benefits to workers in 2007. Private U.S. establishmentson average covered 81% of monthly premium costs for employee-onlycoverage and 71% of monthly premiums for family coverage, according tothe report.

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The average employee contribution toward monthlypremiums for employee-only plans was $81.37, and the average monthlycontribution for family plans was $312.78, the report found.

Thereport also found that 61% of private-sector employees had access toretirement benefits and that 51% of employees participated in at leastone type of retirement plan. According to the bureau, 20% participatedin defined benefit retirement plans and 43% enrolled in definedcontribution plans, with some employees participating in both types ofplans (Stafford, Kansas City Star, 8/25).

An eye opening survey recently found retirees are more prone to spend time finding the best deal for buying groceries than they do choosing health insurance. Shopping for insurance, for some, is worse than you might imagine according to a representative sampling survey of Medicare recipients.

The Report to Congress on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration has just been released documenting health care workforce gains addressing the nation’s shortage of primary care.

If you live in the United States you must understand our current medical system and I do not mean the Affordable Care Act, but simply how Big Pharma works and why Americans are angry and why we should all be fighting for healthcare reform.

We hear a lot about pre-existing medical conditions that are covered or not covered by health insurance plans, but what are those? I had a wow moment when I saw this list of pre-existing medical conditions that I had no idea were considered pre-exsiting.

The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 217–213 to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The bill repeals and replaces the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which has been in effect since 2010. What are some of the benefits of repealing Obamacare? Heartland Institute experts discuss how this bill benefits nation's spending and free market.

Heartland Institute Experts React to GOP Obamacare Reform Bill sharing advice on repealing and replacing Obamacare saying the Republican health insurance plan is a start toward a better way. The following is released by the Heartland Institute.